20 (A)Gather yourselves and come;
Come together, you survivors of the nations!
(B)They have no knowledge,
Who (C)carry around [a]their wooden idol
And (D)pray to a god who cannot save.
21 (E)Declare and present your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
(F)Who has announced this long ago?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is (G)no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a (H)Savior;
There is none except Me.
22 (I)Turn to Me and (J)be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
23 (K)I have sworn by Myself;
The (L)word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me (M)every knee will bow, every tongue will (N)swear allegiance.
24 They will say of Me, ‘Only (O)in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
People will come to Him,
And (P)all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
25 In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be (Q)justified and will (R)boast.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:20 Lit the wood of their carved image

20 “Gather together(A) and come;
    assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant(B) are those who carry(C) about idols of wood,
    who pray to gods that cannot save.(D)
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
    let them take counsel together.
Who foretold(E) this long ago,
    who declared it from the distant past?(F)
Was it not I, the Lord?
    And there is no God apart from me,(G)
a righteous God(H) and a Savior;(I)
    there is none but me.

22 “Turn(J) to me and be saved,(K)
    all you ends of the earth;(L)
    for I am God, and there is no other.(M)
23 By myself I have sworn,(N)
    my mouth has uttered in all integrity(O)
    a word that will not be revoked:(P)
Before me every knee will bow;(Q)
    by me every tongue will swear.(R)
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(S) and strength.(T)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(U)
25 But all the descendants(V) of Israel
    will find deliverance(W) in the Lord
    and will make their boast in him.(X)

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